bahá

Assiniboine

Etymology

Cognate with Dakota pahá, Lakota pahá, Osage paaxó.

Noun

bahá

  1. a hill, low hill, mound

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish paha.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpahaː/

Adjective

bahá (comparative bahát, superlative bahámus)

  1. evil
  2. angry

Inflection

Even á-stem, no gradation
Attributive bahá
bahás
Nominative bahá
Genitive bahá
Attributive bahá
bahás
Singular Plural
Nominative bahá bahát
Accusative bahá baháid
Genitive bahá baháid
Illative bahái baháide
Locative bahás baháin
Comitative baháin baháiguin
Essive bahán

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland